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Validation and Utility of the Social Emotional Health Survey—Secondary for Japanese Students

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The article explores the use of the Social and Emotional Health Survey—Secondary version (SEHS-S) with a sample of 975 Japanese students in Grades 7–9 attending schools located northwest of Tokyo. A confirmatory factor analysis using half the sample confirmed the four-factor structure of the SEHS-S, and further analyses verified its second-order factor model including Belief-in-Self, Belief-in-Others, Emotional Competence, and Engaged Living, all of which contribute to a latent second-order construct labeled Covitality. Additional SEM validity analyses found that the four identified first-order SEHS constructs and the second-order covitality construct were positively associated with subjective well-being. SEHS-S scores also predicted several variables indicative of positive school engagement for Japanese students, including academic performance, social relationships, and willingness to assist others. Results of the study are discussed in terms of the advantages of using strength-based assessments such as the SEHS-S for Japanese students and in promoting well-being in this population.

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  1. Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Main 332 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan

    Ayako Ito

  2. Department of Psychology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, USA

    Douglas C. Smith

  3. College of Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

    Sukkyung You

  4. Faculty of Culture and Education, Saga University, Saga, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Shimoda

  5. Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Michael J. Furlong

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The preparation of this article was financially supported by a Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 23530891 and (C) 26380921.

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Ito, A., Smith, D.C., You, S. et al. Validation and Utility of the Social Emotional Health Survey—Secondary for Japanese Students. Contemp School Psychol 19, 243–252 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-015-0068-4

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